Machine for making glass containers



Dec. 18, 1923. 1,695,894

W. E. GLASPEY MACHINE FOR MAKING GLASS CONTAINERS Filed Dec. 1927 4 Sheets--$heet l STAGE -5 STAG E '2 w E. GLASPEY MACHiNE FOR MAKING GLASS CONTAINERS Filed Dec. 1927 4 Shets-Sheet Dec. 18, 1928.

1,695,894 w. E. GLASPEY MACHINE FOR MAKING GLASS CONTAINERS STAGE -4 Filed Dec. 9, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 FA", g mx! m I I Y Patented Dec. 18, 1928.

UNITED STAT E -PA NT FF WARREN n. emsrnx, or BRIDGETON, nnwannsnx, assrenon T0 srnme srorrna- COMPANY, A CORPORATION or nnnawann.

macnmn non MAKING GLASS con'ramnns.

Application filed December 9, 1927. Serial no. 238,936. 7 1

This invention relates to;improvements in a machine for making glass containers, andmore particularly glass containers prov ded with internally threaded mouth portions adapted to receive threaded stoppers, and the like. i

' The primary object of the invention is to adapt such a machine to the production of containers provided with-internally threaded mouth portions; and the invention involves the combination with the mechanisms of a machine for making'a container, of means co,-operating with such'mechanisms for producing internal threads in the mouths of the containers.

The general type of machine without considering the formation of internal threads partial and elevation of the I 5 is a View taken as carried. by the arms 4,

inv the mouths of the containers, forrnsno part of the present invention, and consequentlywill not be described here in detail. This general type of machine is sometimes known as the Lynch machine.

,My invention relates more particularly to the provision of meansco-operating with a machine of thetype described for producing internal-threads in the mouths of the containers, and will be described more in detail hereinafter. I

As shown in the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the'rotary mold carrier, Fig. 2 is a view of the machine in side elevation, Fig. 3 is a viewtaken as indicated by the line 3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a view taken as indicated by the line 4 of Fig. 1,- Fig.

a view taken asindi- 1, Fig.7 is a parts shown-in Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 is a view'taken as'indicated by line 8 of Fig.2.

As shown in the drawings, A indicates the base of. a frame from which rises a stationary shaft or column A. B indicates a rotary table or mold carrier mounted on the column A. f

The .mold carrier B has mounted thereon a plurality (here shown sixin number) of bearing boxes 2, each having 'rotatably mounted thereina mold support comprising a gudgeon 1 rotatably mounted-in the hear ing box 2 and provided onits end with a face plate 1 carrying the projecting lugs 4", 4 The mold, indicated in general by B is 4:, and comprises a pair of main mold sections 3 and a pair of of Fig. 3, Fig. 6 is cated by the line 6 of Fig.

cal plane passing through the axis of the .mold

suitable manner.

indicated by the line '5- ring mold sections 3. These sections meet in a vertical plane and. are providedwith arms 3 and 3 respectively, .whichare connected at their inner ends .with' a ivot. 4 carried by the lugs '4 projecting fromjthe face plate 1 By this construction the mold, sectionsare capable of separating in a verti- The mold table or carrier B is provided" with a gear B and is adapted 'to-be rotated to give it an intermittent or 'step by step movement, by means of the ear B which may be operated by any 'suita le mechanism (not shown);

of this type of machine employed or blow- 111g the glass down into the moldso that it will form properly about the tipof the man j drel in-the neck portion of the inold This blow head forms common use onithis gen; eral type of machine. The means' for sup plying molten glass to theymoldsfis well known in this kind l quently not shown here.

Each faceplate 1? 7 adapted to mesh with the bevel racks ana revolve the mold supports'on their axes durrack supported in' anyrack D is a stationary The molds'may be mainof h i 'e nd m-1.

H indicates a blow head formin' a part" I no part ofthe'ipresent in";

ventlon as it 1s in carries s ew- 1 gear" 9 tained in their normal upright position by P any suitable means (not shown). For exam ple, the mold support may reslstance in the bearin box 2 so that it will-remain stationary t erein except when the bevel gear 9 engages one ofthe racks D.

A general description of some of the steps of operation at thls pointwill'make an -un.-

and operaderstanding of the construction tionmore clear The mold tableB moves have frictional one step at a time, thusreg uiring six steps a to complete its rotation. these steps-may be referred likewise for convenience, called the position so indicated in Fig? 1.

to as stages and,

Themold carrier at stage 1 is also; shown in the arrows show the di;v

Fig. 3; In Fig.1, I rection of rotation of the table. At stage 1, the threaded mandrel threads in the neck of the container is placed in position. .The details of this will be described hereinafter. In moving from stage .1 to stage 2, the bevel gear 9 engages the firstor convenience,

stage 1 will be mg the rotation of the mold tableB. Each. 3

3 for forming ,the- I,

rack bar to invertthe mold. The mold then moves-to stage 3', where the glass charging operation and the operation of blowing the glass down' into the lower portion of the inverted mold is performed. As the mold leaves stage 3 the reverse or unscrewing movement of the mandrel is started by a device to. be described more in detail erein after. A complete withdrawal of the man'- drel is effected at stage 4. i This will be de scribed more in detail hereinafter. Y

I shall .now describe .more in detail the I construction and operation of the mecha- I vnism for forming theinternal threads in the neck portions of the containers. Associated with each mold is a threaded mandrel or lunger E working in a nut 5, which is rigidly s cured to a collar carried on the end 1 of a bracket 5, supported at 5, by the bolt 4;

The collar 5? is'located directly above the ymold',3-, 3, and is provided at its lower side with aperipheral flange 5which interlocks with flanges 5 on the ring sections 39 of the mold. The nut 5 has a portion which projects into the'collar S and is provided with a flangefiF- secured in any suitable manner'to the'co'llar 5 Eachmandrel E is equipped of'avertical'shaft 12'adapted to be rotated friction washers 13" held in contact. with theby a gear 21 in frictional engagement with the sleeve '13. The shaft 12. is non-rotatably mounted in the sleeve 13, but is free to move vertically therein. 'This' is accomplished by providing the sleeve 13 with a key 13! 0 er- ;ating in a keyway 12 in the shaft 12. rictional engagement between'the gear 21 and the sleeve 13 is accomplished by means of the faces 21 of the gear 21- by pressure from the s ring 13fiacting' through the washers 13.

y this construction, the shaft 12 is-caused j to" rotate until the mandrel 'E reaches itsup-v Peron-lower limit. IAt. such time, the mandrel E, head F or F shaft 12 and friction sleeve 13 cease 'to revolve and the'remainder of the gear mechanism continues to revolve.

*' The gear 21 is actuated 'by' a pinion 14- mounted on a vertical shaft 14 which is driven from a horizontal shaft 16 carrying the bevel gears 16".. The shaft 16 may be driven iniany suitable manner, for example,

through a gear 18 which in turn ma 'be driven by a pinion 19 {on the shaft 0 the electric motor 20.

15 indicates a bracket mounted on a plate 23 which turn is mounted on the frame of the machine. adapted to support the mandrel raising and lowering mechanism above described;

Each mandrel E preferably comprises a tubular shank portion provided with a tip portion 10 havin an external thread The bracket is 10' corresponding in pltch with the pitch of the thread working in the nut 5. The tip portion 10 is provided with a tubular shank 1'0 and a collar 10. Air may pass through the tubular shanks 10 and 10 and out through the radial openings 10*,thus gain ing accessto the chamber 11 below the nut 5. The chamber 11 communicates through;

a central passage 11 with the neck portion of the mold cavlty. Thus, when-the mandrel is retracted at stage 4, as shown ingFig. 5, air may pass from the bubble' blower nto the cavity in the glass and blo thejglass complete parison form,

indicates an=a1r pipe adapted to s'up- I -ply air under pressure from any suitable source to the assage 31 in the shaft 12, and from there t rough the orifice 32 in tip 32. A spring 33 holds the tip 32 in airtight contact with the upper end of the mandrel E, and the air is adapted to pass 1 through the mandrel E and out through the radial o enings 10, as explained above.

36 in icates ball-bearings ermittin the shaft 12 to turn freely .ton rod 34. V

At stages 1 and 4, cylinders with pistons 34' are provided to raise and lowerthe heads. F and F. Airunder pressure is sup lied to these cylinders sothat piston 34 on t e end 0 pisf is oroed downwardly during the time the I mold carrier B is stationary, and forced upwardly durin the time the mold carrier B istons 34 in the cy1inis turning. hese ders 35 are'provide to force the heads F and}? with their pni lecting lugs F into on the uppersur contact with the lugs face of the gear E2 the face of the collar 10' comes into contact with the neck portion of the mold 3, when un- At stage 1, th head F is lowered by the piston' 34 untilithe' lugs F come in contact, with the lugs E'.. The rotation of the head J then serves. to screw the mandrel down until 1'1 the mandrel E and the, head I willbecome.

stationary by'rea'son of the frictionv washers 13 s'lip mg. This condition maintains un til the time arrives for the rotary. mold car-- I rier to turn, when the air pressure in the 1 c linder is reversed, causin the shaft -34 t0 rlse and withdraw the bee F;

At stag 4, the, head F2 is lowered in the same manner until the lugs F. engage the lugs E on the gear E so that the rotation .of the head F operates to screw the inandrel E up until one ofthe projecting-lugs" E strikes the-stop-finger 7. The air pressure which lowers the piston 34- is sufliciently light to enable the head F2 to be raised by the mandrel as the mandrel screws upwardly. When the time arrives for the rotary mold carrier to turn, the air pressure in cylinder is reversed causing the piston 34 to'rise and withdraw the head F from engagement with the lugs E Between stage-3 and stage 4 is located an auxiliary mandrel actuating device, indicated in general by G. This comprises a gear segment or rack 26 mounted on the post 25. The gear segment 26 is adapted to be engaged by the gear E on the mandrel E during the passage of the molds from stage 3 to stage 4. The chief purpose is to loosen the mandrel from the glass when the glass has become sufiiciently hardened to permit this to be done, and before the lass is hardened to a point which might ma e it difiicult to release the thread of the mandrel from the threads formed in the glass. Ordinarily, the rack 26 does not have to be of sufficient length to turn the mandrel completely down.' The complete retraction of the mandrel is effected by the gear F at stage 4. If desired, the auxiliary device G may be dispensed with and the entire retraction of the mandrel effected at stage 4 by the head F While I have shown and described certain embodiments of m invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes, therefore, in the without departing from the spirit and scope.

of the invention as disclosed in the appended claim, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1 In a machine of the character set forth; a rotatable mold carrier with a plurality of invertible molds, one of such molds being located at each stage; means for rotating the mold carrier step by step to bring each of the molds successively into position at each stage; a mandrel with a threaded tip arranged above each mold; means at one stage to lowerthe mandrel to move the threaded tip, into the neck of the mold; means to cause inversion of the mold in its movement toward a succeeding stage; means for inserting a charge of glass in the mold at a succeeding stage while inverted; means for unscrewing the threaded tip of the mandrel to loosen the same from the glass charge; means for righting the mold in its movement toward a succeeding stage; and

means for raising the mandrel from the glass charge in the mold at a succeeding stage. v

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of November, 1927.

WARREN E. GLASPEY. 

